Influence of African nutmeg (Monodora myristica) on the egg qualities of Japanese quails (Cortunix cortunix)
2017
Onunkwo, D.N. | Ukoha, O.A. | Odukwe, C.N.
The study evaluated the influence of toasted Monodora myrisica spice as feed additive in egg qualities of quail. The study took a duration of eight weeks in a Completely Randomized Design. A total of 120 quails were allocated to 4 dietary treatments having 0%, 0.5%, 1.0% and 1.5% Monodora myristica respectively. Each treatment was replicated 3 times at 10 quails per replicate. From the results, significant differences (P<0.05) were observed only in the egg number, egg length, egg width and yolk weight. Egg number recorded 10, 16, 18 and 11 for 0%, 0.5%, 1.0% and 1.5% respectively. Egg length and egg width respectively were reported to be 29.54mm, 29.60mm, 23.14mm and 23.45mm; 22.62mm, 22.96mm, 23.14mm and 23.45mm for 0%, 0.5%, 1.0% and 1.5%. Yolk weights were reported to be 1.54g, 3.46g, 3.49g and 3.54g respectively for 0%, 0.5%, 1.0% and 1.5%. There was no significant difference (P<0.05) in the Haugh unit but it was observed to increase numerically as the level of inclusion increase. Quail weight at the point of lay (P>0.05) were 100g, 110g, 120g and 117g respectively for 0%, 0.5%, 1.0%and 1.5%.Keywords: Feed additive, Monodora myristica, Japanese quail and egg qualities
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